title: An innovative metal base denture design for a 55-year-old menopausal woman.
abstract: Menopause is a normal developmental stage in a woman's life, marking the permanent cessation of menstruation resulting from irreversible changes in the hormonal and reproductive functions of the ovaries and is associated with a large number of symptoms ranging from physical to psychological. Some of the common oral manifestations are oral burning sensation with associated mucosal infections, pain, altered taste perception, and alveolar bone loss. These symptoms may unfavorably affect oral health and treatment needs requiring dentists to devise newer methods that would add along to the treatment modalities advised by gynecologists in relieving menopausal women from above symptoms. The present case report describes an innovative method of fabricating a metal base denture in an edentulous female that would help perimenopausal/menopausal/post-menopausal edentulous women feel hot/cold sensations of food/liquids, thereby giving them relief from pain, better taste perception, and relief from associated allergic and candidal infections that are common with conventional acrylic base dentures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Prosthodontics and Crown Bridge, Eklavya Dental College and Hospital, Delhi-Jaipur Highway, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Vishwas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Garima
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bhatia
authors.forename: Nitul
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: Ashwani Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Jadon
keywords: Burning sensation; denture; innovative; menopause; metal base